various documentation updates

diff --git a/pod/spong-message.pod b/pod/spong-message.pod
index 794d27a03138f28e8d28475015c3a56a0c049a3c..443f0dc46c9f5c6df3be1198f9f3fbb018ce8385 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/spong-message.pod
+++ b/pod/spong-message.pod
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ L<spong.message/"MESSAGE TEMPLATES"> for information on the file format.
 
 B<spong-message> alerts people via the messaging modules that are installed.
 New messaging functions can be easily created.  See the L<Message
-Modules|developer-guide/"Messaging Modules"> section in the I<Developer Guide>.
+Modules|developer-guide/"MESSAGE MODULES"> section in the I<Developer Guide>.
 
 =head1 CONFIGURATION
 

diff --git a/pod/spong.conf.pod b/pod/spong.conf.pod
index 73594df58c8a538298e5b47e16558e7daa34260e..75d197ea512c64369cafe372ab79dcb9fef263b4 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/spong.conf.pod
+++ b/pod/spong.conf.pod
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ must use the Reload/Refresh button on their web browser to update the Spong web
 pages.  See the L<admin-guide/"$WWW_REFRESH Logic"> for more
 details.
 
-=item @WWWCONTACT
+=item $WWWCONTACT
 
 This is a partial URL to a CGI script that can do paging for systems. If it is
 used a "Contact" link will appear on Tool Bar on Spong Web Displays. Refer to
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ host by host basis.
 
 =over 
 
-=item $MESSAGE_PER_HOUR
+=item $MESSAGES_PER_HOUR
 
 This is the maximum number of messages that are sent to the same person
 in an hour. All message past this number are just logged to the history

diff --git a/pod/spong.message.pod b/pod/spong.message.pod
index ed2f68f68ae2d974f96f097158e68b294606646d..dd49a17f2c22bd2afa25a66953d3503fd72173a7 100755 (executable)
--- a/pod/spong.message.pod
+++ b/pod/spong.message.pod
@@ -9,6 +9,39 @@ for notifications. The rules consist of attributes which define criteria
 which events are matched against and a list of contacts to notify if all
 of the matching criteria are met.
 
+=head1 CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
+
+=head2 $RULES_MATCH
+
+The variable governs the matching rules are processed. The possible values
+are 'OLD', 'FIRST-MATCH', or 'ALL'.
+
+=over 8
+
+=item OLD
+
+This cause B<spong-message> to use the notification logical from Spong 2.1.
+This is intended an aid in migrating a Spong 2.1 installation to Spong 2.5
+and above. The existing notification scheme can be used until new messaging
+rules are developed and debugged.
+
+This functionality will be removed at some point in the future.
+
+=item FIRST-MATCH
+
+This value causes the rules matching engine to stop after the first successful
+match. The matching rule is processed, and then the spong-message program 
+terminates.
+
+=item ALL
+
+This values causes the rules matching engine to scan all rules. It will
+process all successful matches.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 $MESSAGING_RULES
+
 Each rule should have more of more of the following matching 
 terms: